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Senior Technical Writer (Contract Administration Consultant) - Hybrid R0045102

Job Description

We are looking for a Contract Administration Consultant to join our Americas Sales Team supporting the Audit & Assurance solutions in the Americas and EMEA to perform contract reviews and help write/respond to RFP’s.

If you have a passion for both sales and working with software solutions; if you are passionate about winning new customers and continually working to find new ways to do things; if you think "out of the box" and enjoy achieving a goal in a sustainable and consistent manner……then join our Americas sales team!

Hybrid : Eight days a month we come together in our office to experience the value of connecting with colleagues. This will be an office-based role that will work on a Hybrid schedule (approximately 2 days a week in the nearest Wolters Kluwer Office). You will report to the Director, Sales, CP & ESG TeamMate and work under the leadership of the SVP, General Management Global Audit Solutions (IA) (+).  This role is a part of Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, Inc. | BU - CPESG TeamMate

Required Job Qualifications (minimum):

• Limited Travel to Sales meetings will be required (10% or less ).

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

• Strong legal background in contract negotiations

• Practical experience and solid understanding of SaaS enterprise software solutions, and security considerations.

• Two or more years negotiating SaaS legal contracts.

• 3+ years of Legal/Contract background and experience with enterprise software.

• Must possess excellent time and project management skills to ensure that contracts and proposals are submitted accurately and on time.

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Suite for Word, Excel and PowerPoint is required

Preferred Job Qualifications:

• Paralegal experience a major plus

• Experience with proposals for contract management or service desk software is a major plus.

• Knowledge of CLM and Proposal SW tools (i.e. Qvidian) is a plus.

• Experience responding to technical RFPs preferred.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Ability to manage deadlines efficiently.

• Strong critical thinking skills

• Go-getter mentality

• Ability to work independently yet collaboratively with other departments (i.e. Sales, Legal, Technical Services, Product Management, Marketing, etc.)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for or assisted in responding to technical RFPs, coupled with strong writing, organizational, and communication skills.

• Determine if edits provided by customer/prospect are in line with organizational policies by taking a “first pass” prior to forwarding to legal counsel.

• Ability to suggest alternative language in a contract to align to organizational policies and accomplish the end-goal for customer/prospect and TeamMate.

• Identify and clarify business, legal, and technical requirements/issues/objectives in a contract or RFP and properly coordinate with sales lead to turn around timely.

• Communicate and coordinate internal meetings with stakeholders to obtain information (business and technical decisions), finalize contract review, and respond successfully to an RFP with quality answers and information, including readability, consistency, and tone.

• Attend customer/prospect meetings to discuss, ask/answer questions, negotiate, etc. certain business, legal, and technical items.

• Obtain approvals and submit completed contract or proposal to the requester/business stakeholder.

• Partner with business stakeholders to prioritize contracts and RFP’s and target dates to ensure timely responses.

• Maintain records of all contracts/proposals received, reviewed, and submitted.

• Gather and store feedback on contracts/proposals to help improve responses and increase efficiency and effectiveness.

Additional Information:

Wolters Kluwer offers great benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including: Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave . Full details of our benefits are available - https://www.mywolterskluwerbenefits.com/index.html

Wolters Kluwer (EURONEXT: WKL) is a global leader in professional information, software solutions, and services for the healthcare, tax and accounting, financial and corporate compliance, legal and regulatory, and corporate performance and ESG sectors. We help our customers make important decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services.  Wolters Kluwer reported 2022 annual revenues of €5.5 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 20,000 people worldwide. We are headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands.

• Ranked by Forbes Magazine as among America’s Best Large Employers for 2022 - #84.

• Wolters Kluwer secures 2nd place in Newsweek's Most Trustworthy Companies List 2023

• CEO Nancy McKinstry ranked 16th by Harvard Business Review of the best performing CEOs in the World.

• WK #1 for gender equality in the workplace in the Netherlands & #47 worldwide for 2023 .

Diversity Matters

Wolters Kluwer strives for an inclusive company culture in which we attract, develop, and retain diverse talent to achieve our strategy. As a global company, having a diverse workforce is of the utmost importance. We've been recognized by employees as a European Diversity Leader in the Financial Times, as one of Forbes America’s Best Employers for Diversity in 2022, 2021 and 2020 and as one of Forbes America’s Best Employers for Women in 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018. In 2020, we placed third in the Female Board Index, and were recognized by the European Women on Boards Gender Diversity Index. Wolters Kluwer and all of our subsidiaries, divisions and customer/departments is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by most people assigned to this job.  They’re not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and requirements. The job description provided is subject to revision and modification at any time.

Compensation:

Target salary range CA, CT, CO, HI, NY, WA: $84,050-$117,550

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Wolters Kluwer U. S. Corporation and all of its subsidiaries, divisions and customer/business units is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.